Fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
has intensified in central Kordofan, with clashes reported across multiple
locations. Since mid-September SAF launched large-scale operations in western
and northern North Kordofan, seizing large areas and pushing the front west
toward the Kordofan–Darfur border. Both sides are increasingly using drones and
long-range strikes; SAF said it shot down more than 110 RSF drones in the first
eight months of the year, while the RSF said it had shot down about 80 SAF
drones.
